Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Walsh

I'm passionate about the Constitution and the rule of law and the issue of fairness and the issue of acceptance. This is a wonderful community. Why would we want to do something that drives a wedge between us?

If one little item is determined to be unconstitutional the whole (legislation) is going to fall.

Amending the constitution is not a good thing.

It was boredom. Essentially that's what he said at the time. The constitution gives the lieutenant governor no real responsibilities except to succeed the governor in the event of death or other impairment.

John Roberts

The right to privacy is protected under the Constitution in various ways,

His main interest is to push the constitution on time, no matter what the constitution has in it.

He's literally the criminal law expert, the constitution law expert, he's the expert on search and seizure.

I've watched as you have kept your oath to preserve and protect the Constitution.

George Eliot

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution

Rush Limbaugh

In order for the Constitution to work, you have to have law-abiding people. You have to have people willing to obey the Constitution, willing to follow the law. Obama doesn't care. He is the law.

Rafik Hariri

affirms to the Lebanese that he will continue to shoulder the responsibility in safeguarding the constitution and the laws.

Bruce Fein

The most important thing to me, in terms of thinking about the issue of impeachment, is to recognize that the Constitution does place a value on continuity. We don't want to have a situation where you make a single error, and you're exposed to an impeachment proceeding.

A law is a law and the constitution says he can't run,

John Thune

You're trying to pull together a lot of different people, a lot of different factions ... but I'm hopeful that when it's all said and done that they'll have a constitution that ultimately will be ratified by their government,

Ray McGovern

This is a matter of principle where she said my oath, my promise not to reveal secrets is superseded by my oath to defend the constitution of the United States.

Bill Clinton

They've got a right to try to override any veto that I make. That's the way the Constitution works.

They say the elections would not happen, and they did. They say the constitution will not be written, but it will.

This means the constitution will stay as it is for decades to come.

Putting it in the state constitution doesn't save it.

Will Rogers

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

Martin Heinrich

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association.

Kevin Bleyer

Never mind what makes Canada's constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing the blessings of Rick Moranis.

Kevin Bleyer

The Constitution's Preamble, its renowned introductory passage, was written by a man with a peg-leg. Which, if you think about it, gives our Constitution hardly a leg to stand on.

Potter Stewart

It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures.

John Conyers

creates a process grounded in the Constitution that is focused, fair, expeditious and deliberate.

Their real goal is not to protect the constitution but to protect Tallahassee's inside power brokers from the will of the people.

I'm going to retake ownership of my constitution. The constitution was written to limit the power of those we elect to office. This fight is a very important one. There are 12.5 million Pennsylvanians and 253 people in office in Harrisburg, drunk on the power. They don't get it. Out here, it's us versus them.

Talk to me as a father, ... Just philosophically, what do you think? Not what the Constitution says, what do you feel?

Kamisese Mara

not in accordance with the constitution and ... therefore unlawful.

Noah Feldman

A constitution that is a deal between the Shiites and Kurds is not a deal.

Eisaku Sato

The new Constitution is founded on the principles of the protection of human rights on the one hand, and the renunciation of war on the other.

The NUC skirmish is only a prelude...the real issue is in my view the new constitution.

It's an unusual step. It's a big step, but what the president did by consciously and intentionally violating the constitution and laws of this country with this illegal wiretapping has to be answered.